The most common problem of an overloaded electronic-commerce server is an increase in the response time perceived by customers, who may restart their requests hoping to get a fast...
Workflow management systems (WFMS) that are geared for the orchestration of business processes across multiple organizations are complex distributed systems: they consist of multi...
We improve the resistance of gossip-based multicast to (Distributed) Denial of Service (DoS) attacks using dynamic local adaptations at each node. Each node estimates the current ...
Abstract—When an emergency happens, public communication networks, including cellular networks, public switched telecommunication networks, and the Internet can be utilized to su...
Descriptions of reactive systems focus heavily on behavioral aspects, often in terms of scenarios. To cope with the increasing complexity of services provided by these systems, beh...